Rowena Devathasan easily topples Melissa Ensoll at New Zealand Division 2 Slazenger Cup 2012
New Zealand’s Rowena Devathasan, who is playing from Auckland II, delivered a staggering performance when she crushed Melissa Ensoll of North Harbour II in Women’s Singles clash at the New Zealand Division 2 Slazenger Cup 2012 at Hamilton, on Friday, August 10.
Rowena has been playing good badminton for the last few months and continued her positive run on court as she did not spare any chance for her rival and thrashed her in a smashing fashion without showing any mercy.
The aggressive Rowena was on a different level on court as she played remarkable badminton throughout the contest and did not take much time in finishing it off in straight games with a tremendous margin on the board.
On the contrary, Melissa tried her best to tackle the aggression of her rival but failed to put up strong show on court as her opponent was dictating the pace of rallies. She could not live up to expectations and lost the match without winning any game.
In the first set, Rowena played positive and fast badminton from starting points and took over the control of rallies quite easily as her challenger was not that quick in taking the bird.
The powerful smashes and accurate drives of Rowena helped her to set up a remarkable lead on the board until the 60-second mid-game interval.
After the break, Rowena kept the pace of rallies high without sparing any chance for her rival to reduce the deficit. She remained on driving seat in the whole set and finished it off with a huge 21-12 margin on the board.
The second game of this Women’s Singles battle was entertaining as Melissa also played competitive badminton and did not let Rowena to take a comfortable lead on the board until the break.
However, Rowena got her rhythm back after the break as she increased her speed and took the bird early which helped her to get back on the driving seat.
The in-form Rowena played dominating badminton in the concluding half of second set and proved her mettle by ending it with a tremendous margin of 21-16.
The passionate Rowena emerged as the winner against Melissa in straight games with a superb 21-12 and 21-16 score on the board.
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